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The market for building automation systems will grow 3% between 2009 and 2015, reaching a total value of $36 billion, according to a new study by ABI Research. Growth will be driven by firms' environmental goals and government incentives.

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The Senate hearing on the proposed budget for the Environmental Protection Agency was dominated by Administrator Lisa Jackson defending the agency's declaration that greenhouse gases pose a threat to public health. "The science behind climate change is settled and human activity is responsible for global warming," Jackson said. The EPA's budget request "reflects the science  and positions the EPA to address this issue in a way that will not cause an adverse impact to the economy," she added.

Chevron will have to wait as long as 90 days before a California appeals court will decide if the company has submitted the correct paperwork to resume a $1 billion upgrade of its Richmond refinery, the lead judge said. A lower court this past year halted upgrade work after ruling that the environmental impact report filed to secure construction permits was insufficient.

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Philadelphia architecture firm Kieran Timberlake has been named to design a U.S. embassy in London. The facility is planned to be the greenest, "beyond carbon neutral," and one of the most expensive U.S. embassies worldwide. The 12-story high-security building features a glass structure set in a meadow and flanked by ponds.